Mop.



T. G. JOHNSON.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6, 1915.

1,176,992; Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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Sum Mom:

Application filed August 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE G. JOHN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to, improvements in mops, and the present inventionis an improvement over the mop disclosed in my copending applicationbearing Serial No. 767,583, and filed May 14, 1913.

The present invention relates more particularly to the construction andcooperation of the bail and the mop-head, whereby the latter is heldflat against the surface of a floor or wall by the former and isprevented from tipping upward at its forward end when drawn backwardover such surface.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will nowbe made to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thedevice. Fig. 3 is a front elevation partly in section, of the device.

- In carrying out the invention, I provide a mop-head 1, consisting ofone piece of wire bent, preferably, in triangular form and providedintermediate its front and rear ends with upwardly extending loops 2,converging toward their front sides, as disclosed by Fig. 1. i

8 designates a pivot extending through the loops 2 and provided at oneend with a head 4, and at its opposite end with a nut 5 to secure itfrom longitudinal displacement.

6 designates a bail made, preferably, of one piece of wire bent at itscentral portion into a rearwardly-extending shank 7 and terminating atits forward ends in loops 8, operably mounted upon the pivot 3 andbearing against the converging sides of the loops 2.

The rear portion of the shank 7 extends transversely through an openingin a handle Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Serial No. 43,929.

9, and the sides of said shank are further secured to the handle by atightly fitting ring 10, which firmly holds the sides of the shank ingrooves 11 in the sides of said handle 9.

In practice, when the mop is pushed back and forth over the surface of afloor any tendency of the forward end of the mop head 1 to tip upward onthe back stroke causes the converging sides of the loops 2 to rotateagainst the adjacent loops 8 and force the same toward each other, asindicated by the dotted lines Fig. 1, against the resilient action ofthe bail 6. The resistance thus offered by the loops and the bail holdsthe mop flatly upon the surface of the floor and prevents its forwardend from tipping upward on the back stroke, as would be the case if noresistance were offered to such tipping movement.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that I haveproduced a mop well adapted for the purpose intended, and while I haveshown my preferred form of mop it is understood that such changes may bemade in the construction, proportion, and arrangement of parts asproperly fall within the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. In combination, a mop-head having upwardly-extending loopsintermediate its ends, a pivot extending through said loops, and aresilient bail having upwardly-extending looped ends rotatably andslidably mounted upon said pivot and bearing at an angle against themop-head loops to compress said bail and resist upward tipping of thefront end of the mop-head.

2. In combination, a mop-head having upwardly-extending andforwardly-converging loops intermediate its ends, a pivot extendingthrough said loops, a resilient bail having upwardly-extending loopedends rotatably and slidably mounted upon said pivot and bearing againstthe mop-head loops, and a handle secured to said bail.

3. In combination, a mop-head made from one piece of wire and havingupwardly-extending and forwardly-converging loops intermediate its ends,a pivot extending through said loops, a resilient bail made of 5 onepiece of wire bent at its rear portion into a shank and at its forwardends into loops which rotatably and slidably engage the mop-head loopsand are operably- -mounted upon the pivot, and a handle secured to theshank of said bail.

In testimony whereof I ,afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

THEODORE G. JOHNSON. Witnesses: V o

F. G. FISCHER, L. J. FISCHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C." i

